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THE ELEPHANT. 



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lived in captivity lias only been recorded in tlie instances 

 of 138. Of these there died :— 



Of the 72 who died in one year's ser\dtude, 35 ex- 

 pu"ed within the first six months of their captivity. 

 During training, many of them die in the unaccount- 

 able manner akeady referred to, lying down suddenly 

 and expiring, of what the natives designate a broken 

 heart 



On being first subjected to work, the elephant is 

 hable to severe and often fatal swellings of the jaws 

 and abdomen.^ 



From these causes tliere died, between 1841 and 1849 . . 9 

 Of eattle miuTain ......... 10 



Sore feet .......... 1 



Colds and inflammation ........ G 



Diarrhoea .......... 1 



Worms .......... 1 



^ The elephant which was dissect- 

 ed by Dr. IIaurisox, of Dublin, in 

 1847, died, after foiu' or iive days' 

 illness, of a febrile attack, which Dr. 



II. says was " veiy like scarlatina (at 

 that time a prevailin<i: disease) —liis 

 skin in some cases became almost 

 scai-let. ' ' — Private Letter. 



